The Science of Social Work and Its Relationship to Social Work Practice

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 571-580

  Anastas, Jeane W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epistemologies; knowledge broker; science of social work; social work practice; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906728441     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731513511335     Document Type: Article

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